List of diplomats of Great Britain to the Republic of Genoa

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Envoys Extraordinary of England (to 1707)

1707-1711: Dr Henry Newton (usually absent)^[1]
1708-1713: William Richard Chetwynd Resident 1708-1711; then Envoy Extraordinary^[1]^[2]
- 1710: John Molesworth Envoy Extraordinary^[1]
1714-1722: Henry Davenant^[1]
No formal representation 1722-1763, other than consuls
- c.1723-1738: John Bagshaw Consul^[3]
- c.1738-c.1756: John Birtles Consul^[3]
- c.1758-1775: James Hollford Consul^[3]
1763: Capt Augustus Harvey Minister^[1]
1763-1766: Commodore Thomas Harrison Minister^[1]
1767-1769: Commodore Richard Spey Minister^[1]
No formal diplomatic representation 1769-1793
1793-1795: Francis Drake^[4] Minister Plenipotentiary^[5]
1795-1797: Joseph Brame in charge^[5]

In 1797, the Republic passed under French control as the Ligurian Republic, and was formally annexed to France in 1805 as the département of Gênes.

At the 1814 Congress of Vienna, Genoa became part of the Kingdom of Sardinia. Britain continued to appoint Consuls to the city.

The Kingdom of Sardinia became the core of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 ^1.9 D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689-1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932)
↑ H. M. Stephens, ‘Chetwynd, William Richard, third Viscount Chetwynd (1685?–1770)’, rev. Philip Carter, (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography), Oxford University Press, 2004 [1], accessed 15 Nov 2008.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/default.asp The National Archives catalogue, class SP 79
↑ London Gazette 13545
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789-1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934).
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